, 1887-05-07

sirable to recruit the staff of teachers III
the island from the island itself, and his
own means are insufficient to defray the
expenses of his training, it is proposed to
grant him, as assistance for the year 1887
SO, an amount of $4,000, viz:
for paying the Capitation Grant. $50. 90
for paying outfit and travelling ex-
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The apprenticeship will last 3 years, and
it is Governments intention to ask for a
grant of $4,000 for each of the two years
1889 and 1889-9J for the purpose of pay
ing tie aforementioned annual Capitation
Grant.
The balance of the expenses he will be
able to defray himself. from the money put
by from his pay as pupil teacher.
Government would add that the granting
of the assistance will be made dependent
upon the result of a preliminary examina-
ton that will be held by the Episcopal
Minister at West End.
End Member for Christiansted's Town Dis
trict HemminG) as Speaker of the Committee
begged to recommend the Report forwarded
by the Committee. He would make no COM
ment just then, as the nature of the Report
did not demand it, but reserved his right to
same later on, as each item came under con-
sideration.
The Governor would, in reference to the
Committees Remark ad Money Bill VI,
state, that the Government would have no OBJ
lection as suggested by a member of the Bud
get Committee to place a sentinel on the
wharf in each town instead of the present
nightguards employed for the purpose OF
guarding the Customhouse, if the supervision
in that way were equally efficient, but the
inspectors of the Customs Department had
been corresponded with on the subject and
II IL 1-.z-1 IL oootsa,o,oO e tho Oro
sent nightguards' system, as being more
efficient than a sentinel. The presence of a
sentinel would necessarily be limited to O.
certain place, whereas the nightguards could
be used more freely, for instance they might IN
certain cases be put aboard ships as guards.
Concerning the suggestion, ad Money Bill
VIII, made by a member of the Committee,
he would state that he agrees with the other
members of the Committee, and does not
see the necessity of changing the present
system. Things worked well the mails
were always delivered punctually.
With regard to the remark ad Money Bill
XVII he would only say that some estlmates
were perhaps somewhat high, but on the
whole the Building Inspector worked very
cheaply, and only the necessary money would
be used.
1st Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (RuSSelD was of the opinion that a
sentinel placed on the wharves would be far
more IF Jctive as q means of protection than
the nightguards. AS an illustration of the
truth of this statement he would recount an
occurrence of burglary that occurred in West
End some time since, at the stores of Messrs.
Bartram Bros, where burglars tools and
levers for breaking open doors were used
with impunity just within so PAGES of the Gus
tomhouse. Surely if the nightguards attach
ed to the building had been doing their duty,
they could not possibly have failed to pre-
vent the committal of the crime. Where had
they been during all that time? A sentinel
would have been inspected during such a
length of time and could not have failed to
arrest the parties The civilians on the
whole could not be trusted.
4th Member for C~hristiansteds Country
District (RaphaeD thought that a beat of
40 feet for the sentinel either way which, as
far as he knew was according to Regulations,
would secure the desired object.
End Member for Frederiksted's Town
District BrOton) could not but consider the
remarks of the honorable LIST Memberfor Fred
eriksted's Country District (Russell,) as an
insult leveled Unfortunately against all
civilians. He for his part agreed fully with
the advice of the Custom Departments to
retain the nightguards. 1t was not an I'M
frequent sight here to see a sentinel, instead
of attending to his duty. leaning on his gun